meatcar / wsl2-kernel-nix

Nix Flake build for WSL2 Linux Kernel with nftables support

WSL2 Kernel with nftables

A Nix Flake to build the WSL2 Kernel with nftables support.

Instructions

1. Install nix
2. Clone this repo.
3. cd wsl2-linux-kernel-nix
4. nix build
5. cp result/bzImage /mnt/c/Users/<UserName>/kernel
6. Configure .wslconfig to use the new kernel.

Caveats

• Builds off latest git release. Tweak the ./flake.nix inputs for a different version.
• The kernel version string has to be manually updated to match upstream.